lachrymose
adjective/ˈlækrɪməʊs/
/ˈlækrɪməʊs/
(formal)- tending to cry easily; making you cry synonym tearful
- She was pink-eyed and lachrymose.
- The film is a lachrymose melodrama.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘like tears; liable to exude in drops’): from Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima ‘tear’.Definitions on the go
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